TheImmortal
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I don’t think Namer can be equipped with Trophy (or has), but the other point remains valid. Why doesn’t Israel have any Bradley IFVs? Namer is just a Merkava chassis without the turret.
Supposedly “Eitan” is there the next gen APC with a protection system in place, but APS will struggle in tight urban spaces where enemy can be shoot from extremely close range. Sending ill equipped APCs alone into hostile land is stupid as hell.
Another point: The death of the elite IDF squad in the Namer APC incident earlier this week was a bad problem for IDF. They switched to this APC and the next gen Eitan, after they were caught using 40+ year old M113’s and one got lit up in 2014 Gaza incursion killing everyone inside. There was outcry why Israel was using such old and lightly armoured APCs for battle.